The Poker Players Championship
Winners

Year
Event name
Winner
Prize (US$)
Runner-up
2006
$50,000 H.O.R.S.E.
United States Chip Reese
$1,716,000
United States Andy Bloch
2007
$50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
United States Freddy Deeb
$2,276,832
France Bruno Fitoussi
2008
$50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
United States Scotty Nguyen
$1,989,120
United States Michael DeMichele
2009
$50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
United States David Bach
$1,276,802
United States John Hanson
2010
$50,000 The Poker Players Championship
United States Michael Mizrachi
$1,559,046
Russia Vladimir Shchemelev
2011
$50,000 The Poker Players Championship
United States Brian Rast
$1,720,328
United States Phil Hellmuth
2012
$50,000 The Poker Players Championship
United States Michael Mizrachi
$1,451,527
United States Chris Klodnicki
2013
$50,000 The Poker Players Championship
England Matthew Ashton
$1,774,089
United States Don Nguyen
2014
$50,000 The Poker Players Championship
United States John Hennigan
$1,517,767
United States Brandon Shack-Harris
2015
$50,000 The Poker Players Championship
Russia Mike Gorodinsky
$1,270,086
United States Jean-Robert Bellande
2016
$50,000 The Poker Players Championship
United States Brian Rast
$1,296,097
United States Justin Bonomo
2017
$50,000 The Poker Players Championship
England Elior Sion
$1,395,767
Germany Johannes Becker
2018
$50,000 The Poker Players Championship
United States Michael Mizrachi
$1,239,126
United States John Hennigan

Question: When did Brian Rast win the championship?
Answer: Brian Rast became the two time champion after winning the event in 2011 and 2016, earning him $1,720,328 and $1,296,097 respectively.